Sarah Krieg

Victorian teenager Maddy Kelly was 11 years old when she started losing her sight. Two years later, she's a national tennis champion.

Textile manufacturing took Albury's work to the Opera House, federal parliament, the Olympics and beyond.

Mount Buffalo National Park will open to everyone as Victoria Police's search for Dezi Freeman continues with the creation of a new taskforce. 

A major cancer centre on the Victorian-New South Wales border will become a fully public hospital in a move that has caught a healthcare provider by surprise and sparked community concern.

After a 60-year love affair with quilting, Yvonne Line was forced to close the sewing kit when her memory failed, but her brother has preserved her work.

Tradies including chefs make a career change to teaching as Victorian schools get creative to fill staff shortages.

Courts across Victoria are closing to the public on days without scheduled hearings, prompting concerns about access to justice in regional communities.

It's a story that became Aussie folklore, but for the descendants of those involved, the ripple effects of that frosty night 145 years ago would be felt for generations.

A missing sausage dog has had quite the adventure, surviving for almost 18 months in the bush.

Police are investigating after vandals damage popular waterfalls already fragile from erosion.

Sussan Ley hopes to be the first female leader of the Liberal Party. But can she afford to take her eye off her electorate in the process? 

Once the final vote is cast and the last sausage sizzles, signs bearing candidates' faces are collected and begin the next stage of their life cycle.

The earlier than normal arrival of this year's flu season has doctors urging Australians to roll up their sleeves to get vaccinated. 

Avian influenza-affected birds, eggs and soil from an outbreak at Euroa are being disposed of more than 100 kilometres away at Rutherglen, in a decision described by locals as "absolutely crazy".

Major Liz Daly's seven-day peacekeeping duty became a month of terror and trauma, and now sport and the Invictus Games is helping her overcome it.

Hard shadows, clean lines and a sense of peace for first-time exhibitor at MAMA. 

Some Victorian neighbourhood centres may be forced to reduce their programs or even close as they grapple with rising costs, debt, and demand.

A soldier's brainwave has the potential to help provide a cheap, easy-to-replicate solution to the global IV fluids crisis, and other army personnel are being encouraged to get creative too.

After an "eloquent" request, Kai was told the duo would play at his end-of-year afterparty if he could secure 50,000 likes on Instagram. That's more than the population of his entire town.

Gender parity in Victorian councils is hoped for next year, but only 40 per cent of candidates are women. So, why aren't people — including men — interested in running?

With multiple awards recognising his lengthy service to the CFA, 90-year-old Ivan Lee says volunteering has become a way of life for him and his wife.

Despite buying a block of land in the middle of a popular Victorian tourist town's retail strip, Tom Courtice and Julliette Begg can't get water or sewerage connections. The connection issues could take four years to resolve.

Figuring out how to bring humans back to life is just part of the challenge of cryonics. A reanimated person could also face huge psychological, legal, and financial obstacles in a whole new world.

Constable Hugh Bracken, right, who insisted the infamous bushranger be captured alive, has been shunned by history. Now there's a push to honour his actions.

A group of young Rotary volunteers stranded on the Vanuatu island of Tanna will return home in style after P&O cruises offers to pick them up in Port Vila.